Note:
inspire:〈人を〉鼓舞する，激励する;
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The Shimadai foreign language speech contest took place on February 16. It was the first time that the contest was held and I took part in the Chinese contest. The reason why I didn’t make a speech in English is because many people can speak English now, and I imagine that this number will increase more and more each year. So being able to speak English is perhaps becoming more natural for young Japanese people these days. Hence my speech was made in Chinese.
Listening to the other speakers I was impressed by their fluency. Also their speeches greatly inspired me to become even better. Anyway, I had great time and I came away thinking that I need to study English, Chinese, and other languages more.
(witten by student Mr. Kajitari, edited by Prof. Simon Smith)
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日本語訳に合うように下の語彙群から適切な語を選んでください。
horse/cat/bird/fish/lion/wolf
1.彼は大食いだ。
He eats like a______.
2.彼女は小食だ。
She eats like a______.
3.彼女はうっかりその計画について話してしまった。
She let the _____ out of the bag about the plan.
4.彼らは大酒飲みだ。
They drink like a_____.
5.マイクロソフト社はソフトウェア産業で最大のシェアを誇っている。
Microsoft has been enjoying a ______’s share in the software business.